This PowerPoint is for a session by Lisa Watson and Sasha Zekulin (Provincial Outreach Program for Early Intervention) that provided practical routines and strategies for designing a comprehensive literacy program supporting the core essentials of primary literacy development.

This lesson introduces students to cuisines from different cultures to show differences and similarities between cultures through food. Students will learn how to express their preferences using the "I like/I do not like" pattern. This lesson mainly focuses on oral and written skills.

Subject

Cross-Curricular

English Language Learning (ELL)

Keywords

ell

esl

culture

cuisine

Learning Standards

- Become aware of cultural differences but also cultural similarities between the cuisines discussed in class and/or the cuisines learned in class and their own culture’s cuisine.
- Know and use vocabulary (e.g. food items, ‘cuisine’, ‘ingredients’, ‘dish’, etc. to describe different cultural foods.
- Use present tense and the verb “to like/dislike” to express food preferences.

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As the new BC curriculum promotes a more inquiry-based approach to learning, the need to develop diverse digital literacies becomes even more crucial. But how can we keep up when new apps and programs keep popping up? In this PowerPoint used as part of his 2017 PSA Superconference keynote presentation, Ron Darvin talks about getting past an app-centred paradigm and to go back to what is at the core of digital literacy so that we can teach our students to be truly literate in the 21st century.

Bullets, Blood and Stones: the journey of a child soldier, brings students face to face with the child soldier situation that occurred in Uganda when infamous warlord, Joseph Kony, abducted 60,000 children and forced them to join his Lord’s Resistance Army. Teachers who have used this book in their classrooms note that student interest is high as the story is fast paced and the characters are very relatable. Real life events in the book provide a perfect teaching opportunity to contrast the lives of children in other parts of the world and challenge the way in which students view themselves and their place in society. Although events in the story are horrifying, there are moments of warmth and humour that are uplifting and give hope to the human condition. Teaching resources, including chapter by chapter discussion questions, activities, and a power point presentation, are available on the resource page of White’s website.

What part does the media play in influencing our perceptions of ourselves, each other, and the world around us? How has our consumer culture changed the way we express our identities? And how can we encourage our media-saturated youth to become more conscious and aware? This presentation offers a short summary of our most effective games and activities to use to enhance your students' media literacy.

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Here are My Kid's Locker YouTube Playlists I created about the three Core Competencies. It has taken me 2 years to create these playlist and I will be continuing to add to them. You can also view them on #projectinspirekids through Twitter.

Dancing Backwards Society's free, downloadable school program, www.dancingbackwards.ca, celebrates Canada's women in political leadership and Indigenous women in governance. This online course for teachers of grades 5-8 focuses on engaged citizenship, gender equality, and the need for gender parity in decision making. The program provides teachers with multi-media lesson plans and activities that culminate in a final project in which students discover and document the story of one political woman in leadership or governance in Canada. Their 3-minute storytellings are then added to the website’s ever-expanding Her Story Archive, cementing women’s political contributions into history. Dancing Backwards satisfies various curriculum criteria for BC and all other provinces in Social Studies, English, Arts Education, and History (https://www.dancingbackwards.ca/the-program/learning-standards-outcomes-by-province

A project-based learning activity in which students assess their community's ability to respond to crises and develop ideas for making it more resilient. Students participate in project-based learning over several days as they assess their community's ability to respond to crises that threaten both natural and human systems. Then they develop ideas for redesigning their community to be more resilient.

Never before has the practice and code of journalism come so profoundly under fire. From the 24-hour news cycle to the instantaneity of social media to the proliferation of fake news websites and presidential challenges, our media landscape has not only been transformed, but has also become incredibly challenging to understand. The Cinematheque examines recent case studies and provides a starter kit of tools for helping our students navigate news in the post-truth era.

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This PowerPoint presentation is for a session by Lisa Watson and Sasha Zekulin (Provincial Outreach Program for Early Intervention) on routines and strategies to create a balanced writing program in primary classrooms.

This power point exposes students to some of the more common idiomatic expressions with Avoid and Être in French and helps students to remember them so they can be used spontaneously in the classroom.

Subject

Français arts langagiers

Languages

French/FSL

Keywords

BCATML

Core French

Idiomatic Expressions

Avoir

Etre

Learning Standards

Expose students to some of the more commonly useful idiomatic expressions in French (which are quite different than their English counterparts). I have my students pronounce the expressions in French before we look at the pictures that depict their meanings and then explain what the expression means. Students then use their new knowledge to describe each photo speaking ... en français!

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In this age of “post-truth”, how can we provide our students with a more critical lens to navigate the digital world and find legitimate information? In this PowerPoint used as part of his 2017 PSA Superconference keynote presentation, Ron Darvin discusses the mechanisms and motivations behind fake news and shares online tools and strategies to help students distinguish fake from the real, and lies from the truth.

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The Vancouver Canucks ®, in collaboration with the NHL® and the NHLPA, are excited to announce a new education initiative called Future Goals. The Future Goals program makes two digital learning resources available to your district at no cost.
Future Goals - Hockey Scholar is for students in grades 5-7, exploring real-life applications of STEM concepts such as area/volume of an ice rink, conservation of energy of a falling puck, and speed/velocity using skates. This will be available Summer 2015 (in both English and French).
The other resource is our digital citizenship resource. It's available now and also no cost to your school. This is a web-based course for students in grades 5-8, covering topics such as
cyberbullying, online safety and conducting online research.

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Ever wonder why Google returns the results that it does? Ever feel frustrated in the types of results that you get back? In this Prezi presentation, Darren Yung will demonstrate effective Google search techniques, and some features about which you may not be aware.

My recommendations for 'Green Reads for Children Book List 1' was developed through the casting of a large net, taking into consideration suggestions from the BCTF PSA groups (2015, 2016), my fine colleagues at DLG and Champlain Annex in Vancouver, literary reviews on the web, and the Vancouver and Delta libraries, as well as parents and children. These 13 books are my personal outdoor education / spiritual "gems".

Subject

Cross-Curricular

English Language Learning (ELL)

English Language Arts

Outdoor Education

Environmental Science

Keywords

environmental learning

place based learning

green literature

science observation skills

identity and awareness

Learning Standards

A 'Book List' with suggested Springboard Activities that flow out of the reading of a "green" literature. Each book is quickly reviewed by its special features of both language and perspective. Suggested follow-up activities and related reads are listed. This Book List and was compiled over several years as part of a BCTF Inquiry Project with TELA and EEPSA members.

Duration

30 to 60 minutes for each Read-Aloud and follow-up literary or outdoor education experience

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'Green Reads' by thematic themes for Children - Book and Media, List 2

'Green Reads' for Environmental Learning for Children - Book / Media List 2 - is organized by 6 themes. The categories start with the internal / personal connection to nature and progress to the 'global citizenship' level. I do not see the levels as being sequential; each learning group will have its interests and curricular to consider. There are 54 recommended reads in total (to date).

Subject

Revised Curriculum

Applied Skills

Arts Education

Cross-Curricular

Social Justice

English Language Arts

Health and PE

Outdoor Education

Keywords

environmental learning

place based learning

green literature

identity and awareness

ethics and activism

social and physical history

Learning Standards

A 'Book and Media List' of reviewed literature and media (film, websites) for children. This "green reads" book and media list was compiled over several years as part of a BCTF Inquiry Project with TELA and EEPSA members. The final inquiry question was: As an elementary teacher, how can I use selected children's literature and media as a springboard for experiencing and connecting to nature in our school and community environments?

Duration

30 to 60 minutes for each Read-Aloud and follow-up literary or outdoor education experience

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The KBEE has been working to find ways of enabling teachers to effectively use environmental/place-based education across their teaching practices in order to support students in developing the Core Competencies and achieving the Content, Curricular Competencies and Big Ideas in the Know-Do-Understand model articulated by the BC Ministry of Education, as well as to enhance their students' learning experiences both in and outside of their classrooms.

Yoshifumi Murakami created this PowerPoint presentation focused on teaching languages using social media. He has included his recommendations for social media and hashtags to facilitate basic conversation between your students and native speakers of their target language.

Find out about the entire range of free Junior Achievement of BC provincial programs (Grade 5-12) and how they match the current BC curriculum. There will also be review of the newly refreshed programs in three grade levels (5-7, 8-9, 10-12). An interactive group game/activity will also be included.

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This is a presentation that is targeted towards middle school students. It is intended to be a 5-7 day inquiry that teaches students about math and science using online fast food nutrition calculators.

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Welcome to Miss. Casella's Classroom! This is intended to provide free math and literacy lessons, as well as, to have an ongoing conversation with like-minded people. Emphasis is placed on social emotional learning, mystery, creativity, and imagination. Strongly, as a public educator, I feel these elements help to evoke independent critical thinking skills, while opening a gateway to optimism. Personally, I love philosophical metacognitive conversations. Inside all of us, there is a child. Let that child play. Fully, I support play-based learning/inquiry-based learning at all levels of learning. In these environments, people thrive by having the opportunity to do their own thinking, reaching their own conclusions independently or in a group. Centers, give way to incorporate the multiple intelligences and differentiated learning. Is it farfetched to believe Big Foot exists? Do fairies really exist? Why you ask? Well...why not! Dinosaurs once ruled this planet.

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Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. We the readers are not informed of what it was. This story is gently told and illustrated. It is a call-out to reinforce how negative emotions manifest inside of us. Violent acts, don't always have to be stereotype examples involving people. Violence includes natural disasters, like floods or hurricanes. A car accident or a fire are other examples. Please know, we are all wearing the ruby slippers. We all have the power within ourselves to move forward in our lives. No, it isn't always easy. Remember, taking the first step, in anything, is the hardest step. Talk to someone today!

Two notes in two days from the bears! Being gay is just another kind of love. The bears inform us about the legalization of gay marriage in Ireland. Here in Canada too, people of the same gender can marry each other. The bears place emphasis on a number of points. Not everyone supports gay marriage, although, it was a majority rule. We always need to respect all views. How can we be all we can be when we're not allowed to be true to ourselves? The bears say, as long as you're not hurting yourself or others, you should be able to be true to yourself. If you can't be true to yourself, maybe you're not allowed to be or maybe you're too afraid for to be, to remember, that gay marriage didn't just happen overnight. It took a lot of courage, for people to stand up for something they believe in. What do you believe in? Will you take a stand? Taking the first step is the hardest.

This session was presented by Dr. Henry Yu and Sarah Ling at the PSA Super Conference on October 20, 2017 in Vancouver. For more information about this workshop, please visit: https://www.psasuperconference.ca/index.php?area=Workshop&workshop=WDHG7K#start

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The PIR Live Event program engages classrooms across Canada in dynamic online webinars about a range of topics, introducing students to Canadian researchers, professionals, and facilities. Each PIR Live Event webinar features a Q&A with a different guest expert and/or a virtual tour of a research facility — and it’s FREE to participate!
Classrooms across Canada can join the discussion by submitting their questions during the webinar and getting answers in real time from our guest expert. If you can’t participate at the scheduled time for a PIR Live Event, you can submit your questions in advance to liveevent@pirweb.org and watch the video recording afterward on the Partners In Research YouTube channel with your class to hear the answers!
PIR Live Events are interactive, dynamic, and a great way to bring virtual experts and other classrooms into your classroom.
For more information and to see what webinars are coming soon, visit http://www.pirweb.org/pir/en/live-event/.

Note taking? Proper databases for research? Bibliographies? Here are some ideas for teaching the process of proper research skills whether it be for inquiry projects, problem-based projects, or straight up research projects! Learn about the CHoMP note-taking process, where to send your students (K-8) for information, and how teach your students that bibliographies can be fun! Yes they can!

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Right To Play is a global organization that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing
adversity. Through our work in over 20 countries, including in 88 of Canada's Indigenous communities, we have become an internationally recognized leader in the field of education and children's rights.
In 2015, Right To Play partnered with Global Affairs Canada to develop the "Play Your Part" education initiative for Canadian elementary schools. Last year, we delivered this program in 215 Canadian schools in 7 provinces.
The Play Your Part program provides students with an opportunity to explore topics of gender equality,global citizenship, and student leadership through an interactive, three-part program, lead by a Right to Play facilitator.

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This is a modified version of the PowerPoint Presentation posted on BCATML's website for its Twitter chat on May 6, 2015. This supplementary document highlights the key elements and steps taken in the 2015 Core French Curriculum redesign process. The presentation is complete with Presenter's notes, which will help highlight many aspects of the new curriculum, including similarities and differences between the 2011 and 2015 Core French curricula.

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Tu Loan Trieu presented at the 2017 PSA Superconference on the topic of school-wide reading culture. Whether you are a part-time or full-time teacher-librarian or literacy leader in your school, you can have an impact on your school’s reading culture. Explore the many different ways that you can foster a school-wide reading culture that will get your students, teachers, administrators, and parents excited.

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These steps document the journey which I undertook (and am still undertaking) to understand my emotional reactions and growth to the idea of decolonizing my thinking teaching, and classroom. Moving from ignorance to denial to communication, the steps are a reminder to me that I have come a long way in imbuing Indigenous content and ways of knowing in my French classroom, but I still have a long way to go.

Subject

Revised Curriculum

Cross-Curricular

Aboriginal Education

Social Justice

Reflective practice

Keywords

superconference

colonization

indigenization

settler

Learning Standards

This section of a presentation which I gave at the Superconference in Vancouver at the end of October supports the Social Responsibility core competencies.

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SuperConference - Accelerating the Progress of Children Experiencing Difficulties in Reading

Drawing on leading educational researchers some schools are reconsidering their delivery modes for pull-out and in-class intervention models for at-risk readers. In an interactive manner the presenter will model and describe how a daily, strategically-based reading intervention can make a positive difference with vulnerable students. Participants will be provided with opportunities to practice and experience how to teach in a manner that facilitates strategic activity. The ideas presented will be applicable to both learning support and regular classroom teachers. This presentation will answer the question “What is possible for students experiencing difficulties in reading?” as of September 27, 2011 to late June 2017, 144 students who were below grade level in reading reached the average band of instruction.

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This PowerPoint by Lisa Watson and Sasha Zekulin (Provincial Outreach Program for Early Intervention) provides examples of systemic, sustainable K-3 literacy intervention strategies. Lisa and Sasha examine how interventions can be implemented in an inclusive classroom setting, including considerations for collaboration to coordinate student supports.

Tikho’s Story is a slideshow CAWST’s Youth Wavemakers made with a young girl in Zambia named Tikho. Tikho took video and photos to document the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) issues her community is facing. Tikho is the daughter of Gladys, a nurse who works at Seeds of Hope International Partnerships (SHIP), CAWST’s WET Centre in Zambia. Students hear about WASH issues in from Tikho’s perspective. They also receive an overall message of hope, as Tikho shares the solutions implemented by her community to prevent disease caused by poor WASH.
This slideshow also comes with a lesson plan, games, and action planning resources for students who want to get involved.

Explain the connection between sanitation, safe drinking water, and health.
Describe how people in a community in Zambia are improving their access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
Classify good and bad practices related to hygiene, sanitation and water conservation.

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This PowerPoint presents a history of the Tour de France from its inception, and the challenges that participants face during the entire race. Videos present information about Drafting, Cracking, and the dangers of this intense bicycle race which happens annually in July in France. Students will also see some of the best moments from last year's Tour de France and a 3D rendition of the race route for 2018. Students are presented with pre-viewing questions and will respond to them after the videos.

Understanding Food and Climate Change: An Interactive Guide uses video, photography, text, and interactive experiences to help educators, students, and advocates learn how food and climate systems interact and how personal choices can make a difference. Ideal for grades 6–12 and general audiences, for Social Studies themes, the guide offers activities for student research and resources for further investigation. The guide is also designed to support self-guided and independent study, and is a boon for advocates seeking hopeful strategies and creative responses. Available as a free iBook for Mac and iPad users.

Understanding Food and Climate Change: A Systems Perspective explores the links between food systems and our changing climate with an emphasis on systems thinking. A systems approach helps to illuminate how seemingly disconnected phenomena are often dynamically linked and can be understood best when viewed in a larger context. This collection of essays contains an extensive bibliography that provides resources for further investigation. Available as a free iBook for Mac and iPad users.

The teacher will introduce the concept of present tense conjugation of regular ER verbs. Students will apply this skill and acquire new vocabulary of other ER verbs and be able to describe a variety of situations using their new skills at conjugating verbs into the present tense.

Subject

Languages

French/FSL

Keywords

BCATML

Core French

Present tense

Verb vocabulary

Learning Standards

Introduce how to conjugate regular ER verbs in the present tense for French. This presentation will walk students through the basic steps to present tense conjugations. Students will then be able to apply this knowledge and be able to describe a variety of actions while learning the meanings of new ER verbs without using English at all!

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Skilled community-based facilitators are available around the province to provide accessible and inclusive Violence is Preventable (VIP) programming in local schools. You can request any of the following program components for your community:
o Violence prevention presentations to educate students, teachers, administrators, and parents/caregivers;
o One-on-one support to individual students; and/or
o Group intervention in the school environment.
For more information, contact your local VIP program or contact Andrea Thompson, Children and Youth Services Coordinator at BCSTH, by phone (604.669.6943, ext 229) or email (andrea@bcsth.ca).

The Violence is Preventable (VIP) program is a comprehensive strategy for connecting schools, educators, students and families with Children Who Witness Abuse (CWWA) programs across the province to improve the health and welfare of children and youth impacted by violence. As provincial coordinator of this school-based prevention program, the BC Society of Transition Houses (BCSTH) supports VIP sites to accomplish the following program goals:
• Break the silence of domestic violence by making it safe for children and youth to speak up in schools about their experiences?
• Increase teacher, school staff, parent/caregiver, and student awareness about violence in relationships and its effects on child witnesses?
• Empower participants to become personally involved in community social justice initiatives;
• Motivate students and educators to recognize violence in their everyday lives; and
• Facilitate partnerships between schools and communities in order to respond to the emotional, social, academic, and psychological needs of children and youth exposed to domestic violence.

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Virtual Researcher On Call (VROC) is an educational program that connects K-12 classrooms with Canadian subject matter experts for customized, interactive video calls. The best part? VROC is available to teachers across Canada at no cost.
Over 350 Canadian researcher and professional profiles are listed in our online directory, ExpertBook. Educators can search this directory using key word(s) and contact these subject matter experts directly to request one or more video calls. VROC connections can take place in English or French.
BIG NEWS!!! VROC has recently expanded to include ALL SUBJECT AREAS. If you don’t find an appropriate subject matter expert for your desired topic in our directory, please email the details to vrocpc@pirweb.org and we will be happy to seek an appropriate expert on your behalf! (2-3 weeks notice recommended)
For more information, visit http://www.vroc.ca

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. The Zinn Education Project is coordinated by two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.